CenterPoint Energy, Inc (Holding Co)

Good morning and welcome to the CenterPoint Energy's first quarter 2023 earnings conference call with senior management. During the company's prepared remarks, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. There will be a question and answer session after management's remarks. To ask a question, please press star 1 1 on your touchtone keypad. I will now turn the conference over to Jackie Richard, Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasurer.

Ms. Richard? Good morning, everyone.

Welcome to CenterPoint's Earnings Conference Call. Dave Lazar, our CEO, and Jason Wells, our President and COO, will discuss the company's first quarter 2023 results. Management will discuss certain topics that will contain projections and other forward-looking information and statements that are based on management's beliefs, assumptions, and information currently available to management. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks or uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially based upon various factors as noted in our Form 10-Q, other SEC filings, and our earnings materials. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements. We will be discussing certain non-GAAP measures on today's call. When providing guidance, we use the non-GAAP EPS measure of adjusted diluted earnings per share on a consolidated basis referred to as non-GAAP EPS. For information on our guidance methodology and reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures used in providing guidance, please refer to our earnings news release and presentation, both of which can be found on the investor section on our website. As a reminder, we'll use our website to announce material information. This call is being recorded. Information on how to access the replay can be found on our website. Now, I'd like to turn the discussion over to Dave.